Agents and governors of Liberia

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Race	Title
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Cape Mesurado Colony
1		Eli Ayers (1778–1822)	15 December 1821	25 April 1822[†]	131 days	White	Colonial Agent
2		Frederick James Acting Colonial Agent	25 April 1822	4 June 1822	40 days	Black
3		Elijah Johnson (1789–1849) Acting Colonial Agent	4 June 1822	8 August 1822	65 days	Black
4		Jehudi Ashmun (1794–1828) Acting Colonial Agent	8 August 1822	2 April 1823	237 days	White
(3)		Elijah Johnson (1789–1849) Acting Colonial Agent	2 April 1823	14 August 1823	134 days	Black
(4)		Jehudi Ashmun (1794–1828) Acting Colonial Agent	14 August 1823	15 August 1824	1 year, 1 day	White
Colony of Liberia
(4)		Jehudi Ashmun (1794–1828)	15 August 1824	26 March 1828	3 years, 224 days	White	Colonial Agent
5		Lott Cary (vice-agent) (1780–1828)	26 March 1828	8 November 1828	227 days	Black
6		Colston Waring (vice-agent)	8 November 1828	22 December 1828	44 days	Black
7		Richard Randall (1796–1829)	22 December 1828	19 April 1829[†]	118 days	White
8		Joseph Mechlin Jr. (unknown–1839)	19 April 1829	27 February 1830	314 days	White
9		John Anderson	27 February 1830	12 April 1830	44 days	White
10		Anthony D. Williams (vice-agent) (1799–1860)	13 April 1830	4 December 1830	235 days	Black
(8)		Joseph Mechlin Jr. (unknown–1839)	4 December 1830	24 September 1833	2 years, 293 days	White
11		George McGill (vice-agent)	24 September 1833	1 January 1834	99 days	Black
12		John B. Pinney (1806–1882)	1 January 1834	10 May 1835	1 year, 130 days	White
13		Nathaniel Brander (vice-agent) (1796–unknown)	10 May 1835	12 August 1835	94 days	Black
14		Ezekiel Skinner (1777–1885)	12 August 1835	25 September 1836	1 year, 63 days	White
(10)		Anthony D. Williams (vice-agent then lieutenant governor) (1799–1860)	25 September 1836	1 April 1839	2 years, 189 days	Black
Commonwealth of Liberia
1		Thomas Buchanan (1808–1841)	1 April 1839	3 September 1841[†]	2 years, 154 days	White	Governor
2		Joseph Jenkins Roberts[A] (1809–1876)	3 September 1841	3 January 1848	6 years, 121 days	Black

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^[A] Became the first president of Liberia in January 1848

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• Dunn, Elwood (2001). Historical Dictionary of Liberia. The Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland and London.
• Karnga, Abayomi (1926). History of Liberia. D.H. Tyte & Co.
• Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Leaders of Liberia". www.worldstatesmen.org. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2008.